Filming is under way now on a 10-minute short film catching us up on all of our favourite characters from Richard Curtis's Christmas classic, with Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Keira Knightley, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth... and yes, even The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln board.

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Missing from the star-studded cast so far has been Emma Thompson, whose character Karen's discovery of her husband's infidelity in the original movie arguably gave Love Actually its most moving scene.

He added: "Amazingly, nobody said no. Liam [Neeson] flew over yesterday from America and is going back to America tomorrow. There is a lot of affection for the film."

Admittedly it's a tiny window of hope, but a window of hope no less! It was always going to be difficult to revisit Emma Thompson's storyline, since her on-screen husband Alan Rickman has sadly passed away.

Even if Emma can't fit this Red Nose Day special into her schedule, we still have a feel-good reunion of much of the Love Actually cast to look forward to next month.

The Love Actually sketch will be broadcast as part of Red Nose Day 2017 on Friday, March 24 on BBC One, but you can do your part right now by clicking here to help change lives both in the UK and Africa.